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APPLlCATlON FILED JULY 2.1920- 1402892, Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

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FREDERICK REINE, CF SECAUGUS, NEW J' WINDOW SCREEN.

`Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

Application fueanuy 2, 192e. seran No. 393,668.

To all fte/0m @it may concer/'1a.'

Be it knmvn that l, Fnnnienrcn REINL, a citizen olf the United States, residing at Secaucus, in the county oit Hudson and State oil New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lindovv Screens, of `which the 'following' is a specification.

This invention relates to Window Screens and has :tor its object the provision of a Window screen which may be readily adjusted to cover the open portion of a vvindow and which may be extended at Will to cover the entire Window. The invention has ior one object the provision of a screen which may be readily rolled so that when the Window is closed the screen may be disposed in a small compass at the top of the Window 'frame and a further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the Window may be held against rolling when extended to any desired degree, While a, still further object of the invention is to provide simple means to prevent the entrance of insects through the space above the rolled porf tion of the screen.

The several stated objects ot" the invention and suchlother objects as will incidentally appear are attained in such a device as is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in vvhichum Figure 1 is an elevation of a Window equipped with my improved screen.;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 .is an enlarged section on the line 21E-H3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4L is a detail section on the line llc-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. is a plan view oi. a portion of the screen showing the construction olA the reticulated material.. f

The WindenT frame 1 may be oi" any' pre :terred construction and dimensions. lirap plying my Window screen to a. Window 4frame5 I secure to the inner opposed edges of the ilrann-i7 at the inner sides of the front beads, guide strips 2 which are 'formed of sheet instal bent longitudinally to present an attaching web 3 throu Which fastening devices may be inserted into the window trame and laterally disposed Webs i which are spaced apart to provide a Way in which guiding and locking bars upon the screen mayV run. Upon reference particularly to Fig. Q, it will be noted that the outer lon gitudinal edges ot the guides are doubled upon themselves so that the presence ci. sharp edges which might injure persons operating the screen Will be avoided. The guides 2, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and t, terminate short of the top ol the Window frame 1 and between the upper extremities of the guides and the top `of the frame I mount in any convenient manner a. spring roller 5 similar in construction and opera.'- tion to the Well-known shade roller. To this spring roller, I secure one end o a netting' 6, the Warp threads 7 of which are textile cords, preferably linen1 se that they will conform readily to the 'periphery of 'the roller When the screen is Wound and will reduce the weight oif the screen to a minimum. The Woof members 8 of the nel/thinI are preferably composed of light Wires so that the screen will `have the requisite resistance to Winds and vri ll maintain its shape Without lessening any of the high flexibility imparted by the employment ot' textile cords as the warp members. The netting; may bo zgfiven any desired color to comply with the Wishes of the user and it will be ot such 'Width that the edges thereof will pass between the guides 4; and will thereby be hold Smooth When the screen extended. More over, these guides will close the space or gap which would otherwise be left between the edges of the scri-ien and thc sides of the Window frame so that entrance ot insects will be positively prevented.

The lower end of the screen is secured to a casing consisting of an inner plate 9 and an outer plate 10 which are secured together by screws 11 so as to positively and nrmly clamp the lower end ot the screen and these plates may7 if desired, be constructed with spaced openings to receive a binding strip 12 -which may be interlaced or woven through the same and through the lower edge et the screen so as to positively connect the screen 1lvith the plates. The inner plate 10 is pro vided with longitudinal slots 13. While the outer plate has formed upon it a tubular rib 14 which is located in the same horizontal plane as the slots as will be readily understood on reference to Fig. 3. A tube 15 is fitted Within the tubular rib 14 and this tube 15 is provided with a stop 16 at its center and also constructed with slots 17 arranged to register' With the slots 13 in the plate 9. Within the tube 15, I slidably mount the plungers 18 which are provided at their outer ends with tongues 19 adapted to fit between the guides 4L and bind against the sides of the Window frame while at their inner ends, the plungers are provided with handles 20`through which pressure may be applied to the plungers to withdraw them from the frame-s against the force of springs 2l coiled within the tube l5 .between the inner ends of the pluneers and the stop 16, as clearly shown in tig. 2 and as will be readily understood. The handles 20 are preferably formed integral with the plungers 18 and have reduced portions or necks 22 whichV extend through the slots 17 and 13, as clearly shown. Y

At, the outer side of the spring roller 5, I provide a `guard 23 which may consist oi' a textile strip 24 or of a strip of any light reticulated material. The uppen edge of this strip 24 is secured to a light rod or Wire 25 which is disposed against the top of the Window frame uand secured in the sides of the saine, ylight springs'26 heilig secured to said rod and fto a similar rod 27 extended through the ,lower edge of the strip 2-tI whereby to hold the lower edge of the strip against the screen 6, `as shown in Fig. at. It will loereadily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the .accompanying drawings, that I have provided a Window. screenwliich may be readily adjusted'to cover the entire window or any desired portion of the same so that Whether .the upper or the lower sash be moved to open position the entrance 'of insects will be prevented. The parallel guides lbetween which the side edges of the screen are received elliectually hold the screen smooth and prevent it flapping` about under the influence ot high winds and the plungers 1S with their tongues 19 will. bear against the sides of the window traine with sufleient torce to positively hold the screen in the position in which it may be set. (')bviously,

the entrance ot insectsA through the upper end of the window iframe is prevented by the guard 23 and this guard is so supported that its lower edge will remain in Contact with the screen G at all times without interfering with the adjustment oit said screen. Particular attent-ion is invited to the construction oil the reticulated :fabric forming the screen. The transverse metallic elements iinpart to the screen the desired rigidity which will hold it smooth when extended while the textile .longitudinal members impart great liexibility thereto so that it may wind voiv readily and easily upon the spring roller.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

The combination with a window traine, ol'

signature. FREDERICK REINL.

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